Irish businessman Walter O’Brien is the founder of Scorpion, a tech company that provides services to small organizations. O’Brien is the subject of news after claiming that he has a genius-level IQ. Some people criticize him while others consider him highly intellectual, so let’s explore the truth in the light of facts.
Most people know Walter O’Brien due to the CBS TV series “Scorpion.” People claim that the series is based on the life story of Walter O’Brien in which a young boy defends the world from technological threats.
The series is based on a fictional story so we cannot evaluate Walter O’Brien’s personality on the basis of a series. If we study the academic history of Mr. O’Brien, he attended the University of Sussex to study a Bachelor of Science.
Mr. O’Brien has claimed multiple times that his IQ score is 197; simply put, he is more intelligent than Stephen Hawking, Charles Darwin, Nikola Tesla, and all the other famous personalities. He discussed the IQ score on various TV shows and social media platforms so we cannot question the authenticity of the information source.
However, his claims are never verified by any organization. Additionally, his IQ score is based on a result of a test he took in childhood, whereas IQ changes with the passage of time and relative to our age group. Therefore, some experts claim that he should retake the IQ test, instead of chanting his childhood IQ score.
Final Words
No doubt, Mr. O’Brien is a highly intelligent person as he made rapid progress and became a business tycoon. But his claims regarding IQ score are unproven that’s why some experts accuse him of using his IQ score for marketing. Anyhow, we should appreciate his intellectual abilities and acknowledge his efforts to build a tech company.